• E4J University Module Series: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• Module 3: Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• • Key terms
  • Topic 1.  Introduction to the international standards and norms
  • Topic 2.  Identifying the need for legal aid, and the benefits and costs of legal aid
  • Topic 3.  Key components of the right of access to legal aid
  • Topic 4.  Access to legal aid for those with specific needs
  • Topic 5.  Models for governing, administering and funding legal aid
  • Topic 6.  Models for delivering legal aid services
  • Topic 7.  Roles and responsibilities of legal aid providers, and other criminal justice officials
  • Topic 8.  Quality assurance and legal aid services
  • Summary
  • References

• Exercises

• Case studies

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• Guidelines to develop a stand-alone course

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• First published in January 2019
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Core reading

 

This section provides a list of (mostly) open access materials that the lecturer could ask the students to read before taking a class based on this Module.

Legal

• United Nations (1976). International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights , GA Resolution 2200A (XXI). New York: UN, article 14.
• United Nations (2013). Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems . Vienna: UN.
• United Nations (2015). Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) . New York: UN, Rules 61 and 199.
• United Nations (2010). Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders with their Commentary (Bangkok Rules) . Bangkok: UN, Rules 15 and 25.  
• United Nations (2008). Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities , A/RES/61/106. New York: UN, article 13.

 

United Nations Publications

• UNODC and UNDP (2014). Early access to legal aid in criminal justice processes: a handbook for policymakers and practitioners. New York and Vienna: UNODC and UNDP, Chapters I and II.

 

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